The 2014–15 Ekstraklasa (also known as T-Mobile Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by T-Mobile Polska) was the 81st season of the highest level of football leagues in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927. It began on 18 July 2014. A total of 16 teams are participating, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2013–14 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the I Liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away.
Legia Warsaw were the defending champions, having won their 10th title last season, but Lech Poznań won their 7th title.
Teams Promotion and relegation as usual was determined by the position in the table from prior season. The bottom two teams were directly relegated to the I Liga, while the top two teams are promoted to the Ekstraklasa.
Widzew Łódź and Zagłębie Lubin finished in 15th and 16th place, respectively, and were relegated to the Polish First League as a result. GKS Bełchatów and Górnik Łęczna finished 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the I Liga gained promotion.
Stadium and locations
Team Location Venue Capacity Cracovia Kraków Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego 14,572 GKS Bełchatów Bełchatów GIEKSA Arena 5,238 Górnik Łęczna Łęczna Stadion Górnika Łęczna 7,500 Górnik Zabrze Zabrze Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla 3,041 Jagiellonia Białystok Białystok Stadion Jagiellonii 22,386 Korona Kielce Kielce Kolporter Arena 15,550 Lech Poznań Poznań INEA Stadion 41,609 Lechia Gdańsk Gdańsk PGE Arena Gdańsk 43,165 Legia Warsaw Warsaw Pepsi Arena 31,103 Piast Gliwice Gliwice Arena Gliwice 10,037 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała Stadion BBOSiR 6,962 Pogoń Szczecin Szczecin Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera 15,717 Ruch Chorzów Chorzów Stadion Ruchu Chorzów 10,000 Wisła Kraków Kraków Stadion im. Henryka Reymana 33,326 Zawisza Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Stadion im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka 20,247 Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław Stadion Wrocław 42,771
Cracovia GKS Bełchatów Górnik Łęczna Górnik Zabrze Jagiellonia Korona Stadion im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego GIEKSA Arena Stadion Górnika Łęczna Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla Stadion Jagiellonii Kolporter Arena Capacity: 14,572 Capacity: 5,238 Capacity: 7,500 Capacity: 3,041 Capacity: 22,386 Capacity: 15,500 Lech Lechia Legia Piast Podbeskidzie Pogoń INEA Stadion PGE Arena Gdańsk Pepsi Arena Arena Gliwice Stadion BBOSiR Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera Capacity: 43,269 Capacity: 43,615 Capacity: 31,103 Capacity: 10,037 Capacity: 6,962 Capacity: 18,027 Ruch Śląsk Wisła Zawisza Stadion Ruchu Chorzów Stadion Wrocław Stadion im. Henryka Reymana Stadion im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 42,771 Capacity: 33,268 Capacity: 20,247
Personnel and kits Team Chairman Head coach Captain Manufacturer Sponsors Cracovia Janusz Filipiak Jacek Zieliński Krzysztof Pilarz Legea Comarch GKS Bełchatów Marcin Szymczyk Kamil Kiereś Paweł Baranowski adidas PGE Górnik Łęczna Artur Kapelko Yuriy Shatalov Veljko Nikitović Jako Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka Górnik Zabrze Zbigniew Waśkiewicz Józef Dankowski Adam Danch adidas Kompania Węglowa, Allianz Jagiellonia Białystok Cezary Kulesza Michał Probierz Rafał Grzyb Errea Wschodzący Białystok Korona Kielce Marek Paprocki Ryszard Tarasiewicz Paweł Golański hummel Lewiatan Lech Poznań Karol Klimczak Maciej Skorża Łukasz Trałka Nike STS Lechia Gdańsk Adam Mandziara Jerzy Brzęczek Sebastian Mila Saller Lotos Legia Warsaw Bogusław Leśnodorski Henning Berg Ivica Vrdoljak adidas Fortuna Piast Gliwice Adam Sarkowicz Radoslav Látal Tomasz Podgórski adidas Miasto Gliwice Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Wojciech Borecki Dariusz Kubicki Marek Sokołowski Masita murapol.pl, Kredyty Chwilówki Pogoń Szczecin Jarosław Mroczek Czesław Michniewicz Rafał Murawski Nike Grupa Azoty, Miasto Szczecin Ruch Chorzów Dariusz Smagorowicz Waldemar Fornalik Marcin Malinowski adidas Węglokoks Śląsk Wrocław Paweł Żelem Tadeusz Pawłowski Mariusz Pawełek adidas Wisła Kraków Robert Gaszyński Kazimierz Moskal Arkadiusz Głowacki adidas TeleFonika Zawisza Bydgoszcz Anita Osuch Mariusz Rumak Jakub Wójcicki Masita Solbet
League table
Positions by round
Results
Play-offs
Championship round
League table
Positions by round
Results
Relegation round
League table
Positions by round
Results
Season statistics Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Kamil WilczekPiast Gliwice202 Flávio PaixãoŚląsk Wrocław183 Paweł BrożekWisła Kraków15 Patryk TuszyńskiJagiellonia Białystok155 Grzegorz KuświkRuch Chorzów14 Mateusz PiątkowskiJagiellonia Białystok147 Kasper HämäläinenLech Poznań13 Orlando SáLegia Warsaw139 Łukasz ZwolińskiPogoń Szczecin1210 Fiodor ČernychGórnik Łęczna11 Arkadiusz PiechGKS Bełchatów11 Deniss RakelsCracovia11 Marcin RobakPogoń Szczecin11
Awards Monthly awards Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubAugust 2014 Semir ŠtilićWisła KrakówSeptember 2014 Mateusz PiątkowskiJagiellonia BiałystokOctober 2014 Flávio PaixãoŚląsk WrocławNovember 2014 Kamil WilczekPiast GliwiceMarch 2015 Grzegorz SandomierskiZawisza BydgoszczApril 2015 Łukasz ZwolińskiPogoń SzczecinMay 2015 Kamil WilczekPiast Gliwice
Annual awards AwardPlayerClubPlayer of the Season Kamil WilczekPiast GliwiceGoalkeeper of the Season Bartłomiej DrągowskiJagiellonia BiałystokDefender of the Season Michał PazdanJagiellonia BiałystokMidfielder of the Season Semir ŠtilićWisła KrakówForward of the Season Kamil WilczekPiast GliwiceCoach of the Season Michał ProbierzJagiellonia BiałystokDiscovery of the Season Bartłomiej DrągowskiJagiellonia BiałystokPlus of the Season Szymon PawłowskiLech Poznań
Attendances
No. Club Average Highest 1 Lech Poznań 18,999 41,556 2 Legia Warszawa 16,614 26,527 3 Lechia Gdańsk 16,608 36,500 4 Wisła Kraków 12,224 31,289 5 Śląsk Wrocław 10,963 22,687 6 Jagiellonia Białystok 10,750 21,196 7 Cracovia 6,673 14,114 8 Korona Kielce 6,286 11,006 9 Pogoń Szczecin 6,107 9,684 10 Ruch Chorzów 5,678 9,284 11 Piast Gliwice 4,593 8,102 12 Górnik Łęczna 4,303 7,000 13 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala 3,901 6,188 14 Bełchatów 3,050 4,765 15 Górnik Zabrze 2,961 3,000 16 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 2,809 4,893Source:
References
External links
Ekstraklasa at uefa.com